Geology 3010 Mineralogy Syllabus Fall, 2007

Here's the syllabus and links as of 1 November, 2007.

The lecture meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 - 10:30 AM in Benson Earth Sciences (BESC) Rm 145.  Laboratory sections meet in BESC 455.

This syllabus is provisional and will evolve during the semester. There is a set of links to my html lecture notes for each lecture. In addition, there is a link to the Power Point lecture notes for each lecture. The Power Point notes are subject to change right up to the time of the lecture. Initially, these are the Power Point notes from last year's course. 

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Links:

• CU Mineral Structures Laboratory
• A Mineral Structures and Properties Data Base
• Descriptions Of Mineral Species

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• Adopt-a-Mineral Instructions
• Adopt-a-Mineral Sample Paper
• List of Minerals and formulae for lab

Dates Lecture Subject      Notes         Lab 

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Aug. 28 Mineral Definition PowerPoint                1          1. Introduction to Lab 

  

  
 
 
 Aug. 30 Mineral Properties  PowerPoint        1

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 Sep. 4 Chemical Classification of Minerals  PowerPoint 1      2. Physical Properties
 
 Sep. 6  Mineral Environments Power Point                1       
   

  
  
 
 Sep. 11  Crystal Systems & Classes Power Point 
 
 Sep. 13  Point Groups                                 2          (Field Trip)

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Sep. 18 Point Groups PowerPoint                      2      4. Point Groups

Sep. 20 Space Groups  PowerPoint                 2       (Blocks)

Problem set 2 answers

Problem set 3 answers

Problem set 4 answers

Problem set 5 answers

Problem set 6 answers

Problem set 7 answers

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Sep. 25 Crystal Structures,                     3       5. Structure        Coordination & Pauling's Rules 
 
Sep. 27 Structure and stoichiometry             3          (Drawing)

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Oct. 2  X-rays & powder diffraction  Power Point     4       5 (Drawing II)    
 
Oct. 4 Density and X-ray Diffraction  Power Point                          4
 

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Oct. 9  Test 1       1-4        6. X-ray Laboratory
Sample Test I Sample Test I (with answers)
                                                            (XPOW Calculation)
Oct. 11 ;  Introduction to optics      Power Point      5             

Problem set 8 Instructions

Problem set 8 SpreadSheet

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Oct. 16 Intro Optics- Microscope, isotropic minerals
 Power Point           6                             7. X-ray 
 Problem Set 9
  answers

 Problem Set 10                                                    (XPOW Calculation)
Oct. 18

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Oct. 23 Birefringence & Pleochroism             6       8. Lab Exam
 
Oct. 25 The Indicatrix  Power Point 

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Oct. 30 Biaxial Interference figures            6       9. Light
 
Nov. 1 Biaxial Indicatrix                                 Refraction

Lecture Notes Light 1 Lecture Notes Light 2

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Nov. 6 TEST 2                                   7       10. Isotropic

Sample Class TEST II
Take-Home Test(2007)
Take-Home Test Instructions(2007)

Nov. 8  Phase Diagrams Take-home test due  Minerals  

Lecture Notes Phase Diagrams

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Nov. 13     Classification of minerals                         11. Uniaxial Mineral
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Nov. 15    Systematic Mineralogy Native Elements Lecture Notes Native elements Adopt-a-Mineral Paper Due 

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Nov. 27    Sulfides    Lecture Notes Sulfides               12. Biaxial Minerals

Nov. 29    Sulfides & Halides Lecture Notes Halides

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Dec. 4     Oxides & Hydroxides Lecture Notes Oxides and Hydroxides

Dec. 6     Carbonates   Lecture Notes Carbonates                                    14. Review  

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Lecture Notes Systematic Descriptive Mineralogy

Environments

Dec. 11    Sulfates  & Phosphates Lecture Notes Sulfates

Dec. 13     Review                                         

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SAMPLE FINAL EXAM ANSWERS

(Yes, there will be one) 4:30 PM, Monday, December 17, 2007  BESC 145